Steve Hayes wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:45:48 -0600, Bob Melson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Notably missing from all this has been gramps, which just released it's >> 3.3.0 version. While originally a Linux/Unix app, it's available for >> Windows. See http://gramps-project.org/ for details. And, BTW, it's >> free. > > I installed Linux on my computer mainly so I could try it out, but I don't > know how to install it if it didn't come with the Linux distro. > > I've tried asking for help on the Linux ngs, but there's no use asking how to > do something unless you already know how to do it. > > If you don't know how to do it the response is "Don't feed the troll" > > If the distro is Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Mepis or one of the other Debian derivatives the default package would be a .deb and the command to install some_package.deb is dpkg -i some_package.deb This assumes you're root which is OK in Debian but Ubuntu and its children don't like you being root so the command becomes sudo dpkg -i some_package.deb If dpkg complains that some_other_package is needed then, assuming its in your distro's repository you can install that with apt-get install some_other_package again prefixing it with sudo as required. Once apt-get has installed the dependencies it will automatically complete the pending dpkg install. All this assumes you're working from the command line. However both the KDE and Gnome window managers should recognise the .deb suffix and offer to do the install. If there are unmet dependencies you'll need to install them through the command line or through Synaptic. For other distros you'll need the .tar.gz version, AKA a tarball (Gramps doesn't appear to offer a .rpm alternative). You can open a tarball with tar xvf filename which should, if it's been put together nicely, expand into a single directory with all the related files in it. cd into the directory and look for instructions. If the tarball isn't put together nicely it will splurge its contents all over your current directory. You can list the contents with tar tvf filename to check whether all the files start with the_same_directory_name/ HTH "Why tar?" you may ask. It goes way back to early Unix and stands for "tape archiver" which is, of course, one step up from "ar". -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk

On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:51:11 +0100, Ian Goddard <[email protected]> wrote: >Steve Hayes wrote: >> On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:45:48 -0600, Bob Melson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Notably missing from all this has been gramps, which just released it's >>> 3.3.0 version. While originally a Linux/Unix app, it's available for >>> Windows. See http://gramps-project.org/ for details. And, BTW, it's >>> free. >> >> I installed Linux on my computer mainly so I could try it out, but I don't >> know how to install it if it didn't come with the Linux distro. >> >> I've tried asking for help on the Linux ngs, but there's no use asking how to >> do something unless you already know how to do it. >> >> If you don't know how to do it the response is "Don't feed the troll" >> >> > >If the distro is Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Mepis or one of the other Debian >derivatives the default package would be a .deb and the command to >install some_package.deb is Thanks very much for the reply which I have save for future reference. I'm using Fedora 14. I had a disk with Ubunto which came with Gramps and a lot of other good stuff, but it nwould not display properly on my screen (800x600 max), swo I ditched it, But Fedora 14 seems OK, but cmes with no automatically installed extras. I've got flu at the moment, will nook some more when I've feeling a bit better. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk